[email protected]

[Octavian]

I've received two emails from such a person and one called "[email protected]". I made the mistake of opening one of them and all it said was "Have a nice day". I'm kind of scared that it may have done something. John does sound evil and I know MS doesn't send emails out.

[Madcow]

You have launched the pink slip virus. Soon, they'll trace this back to you and you'll be fired. Have a nice day!

[oddfish]

dude.. i hope you're running every kind of virus protection software you can get your hands on right now.

[firecrackerNC]

did it have an attachment to it and if so did you open that?

[Octavian]

dude.. i hope you're running every kind of virus protection software you can get your hands on right now.

What will be the first symptoms it will show? I run an antivirus program in the background, I also use SpyBot and Adaware.

You have launched the pink slip virus. Soon, they'll trace this back to you and you'll be fired. Have a nice day!

You're meant to be nice you know, plus I don't actually work. So it seems I can't be fired, only expelled.

did it have an attachment to it and if so did you open that?

It didn't have an attachment, but I'm still worried.

[Octavian]

Ah damn, my CPU Usage is beyond 90.

[firecrackerNC]

I highly dout anything happened but if so,Run away from home and become a hobo

[oddfish]

you should be okay, i think, as long as there was no attachment to download. downloads from e-mail are usually the only case where you'll get a virus... i've never gotten one from opening an e-mail but i'm pretty sure it's possible. anyways, if it was truly malignant i think it would've done the damage by now, but that's not for sure. aside from that, just keep running anti-virus software and cool out. you should be okay.

[Octavian]

Thanks anyway.

[worldvengence]

there can be viruses hidden in a normal email code, altho hard as hell to do, possible (hard as in most hackers dont know how to do it even), and it may be a worm that is leeching all ur comp swap space, restart, clean up your HD, make sure ur Anti-Viral definitions are upto date, do a full scan, then check ur CPU usage, if it is still high allt he time, put ur head between ur knees and kiss ur ass goodbye...or u could possible reformat...pain in the ass tho

[Octavian]

UPDATE: CPU Usage - Between 20 and 50%

Cleaning out my HDD, deleting old files.

[oddfish]

good deal. you should be fine, dude.

[Everay]

yea, but there are those viruses out there that can get you if you simply click on the email, i hope you dont use outlook express, like me, but see, im a idiot, so its okay.

[Sputty]

mispost

[worldvengence]

nazi

[BigFreak]

format c:
Y

k.

[Octavian]

What is that meant to do?

[worldvengence]

sorry...not format...restore..if u have ur comp set to create restore points periodically....bad wording

[Phaelon]

Update virus definitions, restart in safe mode, perform a full system scan.

Use common judgement, don't open it if you don't know the sender =p

[Octavian]

Right, I've done a system scan, Windows seems to say that the volume is clean now. But damn, I don't want to do it once a week, it's so boring.

[AztecWarrior]

Try not to shut down if you can help it.

[Cyanide]

It could have been a worm. There are some worms that don't require you to do anything but open the email in order to infect your system. If you're CPU usage is still high, check your processes and it should tell you what process is using the CPU. If it's one that you don't recognize, end it.

Oh yeah, and just because you know who the email is from doesn't mean it's not a virus. Lots of viruses will fordge the from address and make it look like it's from somebody you know.

[Dharkbayne]

Format C:\\*.*

[Octavian]

The CPU usage is hanging between 5 and 100%. I don't want to have to reformat.

[Cyanide]

Can you determine what process(es) are using the CPU?

[Octavian]

Oh I'll give you a list, there's a few that I know, like explorer.exe

Ah damn, I'm bad at posting images. Should I perhaps email the three images to you?

[Squeeky]

YOU HAVE BEEN HAX0RED GOOD DAY SIR

[Octavian]

Ah damn, I was hoping you wouldn't post here. At least Dhark was nice enough to help me.

[Squeeky]

I HOPE U DIE BAI KEEEEEEEEEKLESLZKASKLKL:ASKASP{FASF

[Octavian]

Squeeky, just go to sleep. I came here asking for help.

[Onizuka]

Squeeky is not in a good mood.

[Octavian]

Indeed.

[Squeeky]

OH GOD WHO ARE YOU KIDDING IM IN A TERRIFIC MOOD!!!!!!!!!!





http://www.aperfectworld.org/clipart/weather/rainbow.gif

[Onizuka]

:rofl: :rofl:

Then squeeks comes in there, yellin motherfucker, and droppin haters left and right.

[AztecWarrior]

Y'all goan die.

Octavian, it could be a hoax. Check Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.htm

[Squeeky]

Milli Vanilli
Girl You Know It's True

I'm in love with you, girl

Cause I have on my mind

You're the one I think about most everytime

And when you pack a smile in everything you do

Don't you understand, girl, this love is true

Your sophisticated hand knows how to sweeten things

That came like a bruship on your skin

It lightens up my day and that's oh so true

Together we're one, separated we're two

To make you all mine, all mine's my desir

Cause you contain a quality that I admire

You're pretty and simple, you rule my world

So try to understand

I'm in love girl

I'm so in love girl

I'm just in love girl, and this is true


Girl you know it's true, oh, oh, oh

I love you

Yes you know it's true, oh, oh, oh

I love you

Girl you know it's true


My love is for you

Girl you know it's true

My love is for you


It's the same sort of thing girl I can't explain

My emotions start up when I hear your name

Maybe your sweet voice would ring in my ears

Then my lips smile when you are near

Come with your positive emotion

Love making is joy

That's for us too just like girl and a boy

These feelings I got, I often wonder why

So I thought I might discute this, girl, just you and I

Now what you're wearing I don't care as I've said before

No reason that I like you girl, just for what you are

If I said I'd think about it, you rule my world

So try to understand

I'm in love girl

I'm so in love girl

I'm just in love girl and this is true

[Octavian]

Y'all goan die.

Octavian, it could be a hoax. Check Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.htm

The only info I have is that it's from john. No virus name so far.

[worldvengence]

What is squeeky smoking? cause i want some.

[JetRaiden]

I dunno...whatever it is...he's having spam attacks because of it.....amateur...

[worldvengence]

i still want some